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PARTY'S OVER
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3. the obsession with denying and rewriting history, pretending AI only appeared in the last 3 years or that it has no history before the last few decades, etc.
(Section 3.3 here doi.org/10.5281/zeno...)
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![3.3 Ahistoricism and the AI hype cycles
When I started writing about science decades ago [...] I edited an article in which [a computer scientist] predicted that AI would soon replace experts in law, medicine, finance
and other professions. That was in 1984.
John Horgan (2020, n.p.)
When we engage with the public, we notice people think that AI, as a field or a technology, appeared
on the scene in the last three years. And they experience confusion and even dissonance when they
discover the field and the technologies have existed for decades, if not centuries or even millennia
(Bloomfield 1987; Boden 2006; Bogost 2025; Guest 2025; Hamilton 1998; Mayor 2018). Such ahistoricism facilitates “the AI-hype cycles that have long been fuelled by extravagant claims that substitute
fiction for science.” (Heffernan 2025, n.p. Duarte et al. 2024). We have been here before, both with entanglements of AI and statistics with industry corrupting our academic processes, and with so-called
AI summers: hype cycles that pivot from funding booms to complete busts and cessation of research
(Bassett and Roberts 2023; Boden 2006; Law 2024; Lighthill et al. 1973; Merchant 2023; Olazaran
1996; Perez 2002; P. Smith and L. Smith 2024; Thornhill 2025).
To understand how industry tries to influence independent research for their benefit, we can look
to past examples of entanglement of industry and statistics. Ronald A. Fisher, a eugenicist and “the
founder of modern statistics” (Rao 1992), having been paid by the tobacco industry, claimed that because ‘correlation is not causation’ that therefore ‘smoking does not cause lung cancer’ (Fisher 1958;
Stolley 1991). The parallel between tobacco and technology does not end here: “both industries’ increased funding of academia was as a reaction to increasingly unfavourable public opinion and an increased threat of legislation.” (Mohamed Abdalla and Moustafa Abdalla 2021, p. 2; also see Knoester
et al. 2025) The histories of eugenics, statistics, comput…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vsyj5jtayxcq5dw5mtja4xtb/bafkreie4dme35ovxs6t4ekrdosziqnikttmmef63imkpxqh2fdlybzccoa@jpeg)
September 6, 2025 at 8:28 AM
3. the obsession with denying and rewriting history, pretending AI only appeared in the last 3 years or that it has no history before the last few decades, etc.
(Section 3.3 here doi.org/10.5281/zeno...)
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(Section 3.3 here doi.org/10.5281/zeno...)
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think i'll do album artwork reveal post on patreon on my lunch break. i think its time
February 4, 2026 at 11:50 AM
think i'll do album artwork reveal post on patreon on my lunch break. i think its time
album's done i think. just making some final mixing and mastering decisions now
February 4, 2026 at 8:18 AM
album's done i think. just making some final mixing and mastering decisions now
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Picked up some great stuff on bandcamp Friday, turns out it's all remarkably good music to assemble furniture to as well
December 7, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Picked up some great stuff on bandcamp Friday, turns out it's all remarkably good music to assemble furniture to as well
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I don't give a fuck what your spotify wrapped is post who you bought music from on bandcamp lol
December 3, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I don't give a fuck what your spotify wrapped is post who you bought music from on bandcamp lol
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Y'all gotta move on from Spotify at some point istg
December 3, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Y'all gotta move on from Spotify at some point istg
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According to this form you can upload 5Gb files.
FBI is soliciting tips on threats to the immigration enforcement operation codenamed "Catahoula Crunch"
December 3, 2025 at 1:12 PM
According to this form you can upload 5Gb files.
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www.patreon.com/posts/finish... Patrons can hear a fully finished song from my third album right now! And get a release update!
A finished song (and LP3 update) | conelrad
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November 23, 2025 at 3:22 PM
www.patreon.com/posts/finish... Patrons can hear a fully finished song from my third album right now! And get a release update!
www.patreon.com/posts/finish... Patrons can hear a fully finished song from my third album right now! And get a release update!
A finished song (and LP3 update) | conelrad
Get more from conelrad on Patreon
www.patreon.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:22 PM
www.patreon.com/posts/finish... Patrons can hear a fully finished song from my third album right now! And get a release update!
look the third album is nearly finished there's no need to be mean
fuck Conelrad
November 13, 2025 at 2:31 PM
look the third album is nearly finished there's no need to be mean
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a short snippet from a song I'm working on for my third album. The song is called (DROWNING) LIKE A DOG. There's a longer clip on my Patreon for paid members! Joining will help fund my production of this album. And you get access to hundreds of older 40 minute long tracks too!
patreon.com/conelrad
patreon.com/conelrad
May 25, 2025 at 12:06 PM
a short snippet from a song I'm working on for my third album. The song is called (DROWNING) LIKE A DOG. There's a longer clip on my Patreon for paid members! Joining will help fund my production of this album. And you get access to hundreds of older 40 minute long tracks too!
patreon.com/conelrad
patreon.com/conelrad
listening to draft playlist for lp3 and i think i'm homing in on the final list . . . i still have to finish a couple tracks but i think were getting really close now. when it's locked in i'll reveal tracklist and artwork (on patreon lmao)
August 11, 2025 at 12:08 PM
listening to draft playlist for lp3 and i think i'm homing in on the final list . . . i still have to finish a couple tracks but i think were getting really close now. when it's locked in i'll reveal tracklist and artwork (on patreon lmao)
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but if i'm not allowed to feed artists into my artist killing machine it's going to be basically impossible for the machine to keep killing artists. is that what you want?? and before you answer keep in mind this is a very expensive machine
May 27, 2025 at 1:37 AM
but if i'm not allowed to feed artists into my artist killing machine it's going to be basically impossible for the machine to keep killing artists. is that what you want?? and before you answer keep in mind this is a very expensive machine
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Voice actor shocked to discover a synthesised version of her voice being used for train announcements after doing voice work for accessibility and e-learning software. #AIEthics www.bbc.com/news/article...
‘Stop using my voice' - ScotRail's new announcer is my AI clone
Voiceover artist Gayanne says an AI used on ScotRail trains was trained using her voice.
www.bbc.com
May 28, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Voice actor shocked to discover a synthesised version of her voice being used for train announcements after doing voice work for accessibility and e-learning software. #AIEthics www.bbc.com/news/article...
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TUNE YOUR PATREON TO 640 OR 1240 KILOCYCLES, WHICHEVER YOU CAN HEAR BETTER.
STAY NOTIFIED. REMAIN VIGILANT. YOUR SAFETY DEPENDS ON IT.
STAY NOTIFIED. REMAIN VIGILANT. YOUR SAFETY DEPENDS ON IT.
a short snippet from a song I'm working on for my third album. The song is called (DROWNING) LIKE A DOG. There's a longer clip on my Patreon for paid members! Joining will help fund my production of this album. And you get access to hundreds of older 40 minute long tracks too!
patreon.com/conelrad
patreon.com/conelrad
May 26, 2025 at 11:37 AM
TUNE YOUR PATREON TO 640 OR 1240 KILOCYCLES, WHICHEVER YOU CAN HEAR BETTER.
STAY NOTIFIED. REMAIN VIGILANT. YOUR SAFETY DEPENDS ON IT.
STAY NOTIFIED. REMAIN VIGILANT. YOUR SAFETY DEPENDS ON IT.
a short snippet from a song I'm working on for my third album. The song is called (DROWNING) LIKE A DOG. There's a longer clip on my Patreon for paid members! Joining will help fund my production of this album. And you get access to hundreds of older 40 minute long tracks too!
patreon.com/conelrad
patreon.com/conelrad
May 25, 2025 at 12:06 PM
a short snippet from a song I'm working on for my third album. The song is called (DROWNING) LIKE A DOG. There's a longer clip on my Patreon for paid members! Joining will help fund my production of this album. And you get access to hundreds of older 40 minute long tracks too!
patreon.com/conelrad
patreon.com/conelrad
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Don't know much about science book
April 9, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Don't know much about science book
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BREAKING | Marine Le Pen found guilty of embezzling EU funds
Marine Le Pen found guilty of embezzling EU funds
www.independent.co.uk
March 31, 2025 at 9:10 AM
BREAKING | Marine Le Pen found guilty of embezzling EU funds